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Lantern Festival (China)

Presentation on the topic «Festival»
Performed by: student of group PS-312 Babin Timur

A must-have attribute of Chinese a cacophony of sounds, emitted by various rattles, Gongs and drums, including deafening sounds stand out, emitted by huge drums Taiping-gu, also called "drums of great tranquility"

Also, on the streets of cities, dances in which the collected dragons from lanterns, performances on stilts and other traditional Chinese dances.

Traditions andCustoms

People have preserved the custom of cooking a kind of round dumplings made of rice flour with a variety of fillings for the Lantern Festival "yuanxiao" - it can be a filling from a mixture of sugar, butter, roses, sesame, mashed beans, walnuts or mashed dates. "Yuanxiao" is boiled, steamed or fried and served as a dessert. Fragrant and sweet in taste, yuanxiao is also called "tangyuan", which sounds in Chinese almost the same as the word meaning "meeting after separation". There is a belief that after tasting "yuanxiao" together, the whole family will always be together and live happily.

In many provinces of China, the day "Yuanxiao" is also called a day "Banishing a hundred diseases", every year women hang a bundle on the wall of the house, In which the paths of all misfortunes are woven, so that they wander there, inside the bundle and could not get out. In our The Lantern Festival is an occasion for family dinner in a cozy living room, with serving white balls to the table "Yuanxiao" for dessert. City Streets decorated with lanterns, people wish health and happiness to each other.

The most important tradition of this holiday admiring the lanterns. In the Han era (206th century BC – 220th century AD era), Buddhism spread widely in the China. Having learned that the monks have the tradition of meditating on the relics of the Buddha on the 15th day of the first month and in the sign of reverence To the founder of the teaching to kindle lanterns, the emperor ordered on this day in the evening, light lanterns in your palace and temples as a sign of respect for the Buddha. Subsequently, this ritual The Buddhist holiday fell in love the common people, gradually became a solemn folk holiday and spread throughout China. Before present day in all parts of China The tradition of arranging a Yuanxiaojie Exhibition Festival Lights

"These colorful and fun nights Lantern Festival Under the Moon, which shines brighter than all the lanterns, complete New Year's Eve celebration – after more than a month of ceremonies, magnificent spectacles and Celebrations. This is how the Chinese go through the cycle purification", which begins the expulsion of all harmful spirits, and continues to prepare for attract and accept favorable signs and spiritual forces of the coming of the year on a real feast – first in the form of established family rites, and then in the form of more free public entertainment on the streets and markets". The pathos of serene joy, the combination of carefree fun and aesthetic taste make the Lantern Festival the most bright holiday of the year. In it the promise of happiness and the triumph of life.

The principle of celebrating the holiday "Dencee" has undergone quite minor changes. Over time, of course, the traditions of celebrating this day change, but not dramatically. As before, the main attribute of this holiday is its symbol - a lantern, which nowadays can represent anything the soul of its master. This holiday was, is and will be a family holiday, despite the fact that magnificent lantern exhibitions force residents to leave their homes.